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swen
To sound.
1. Suffixed o-grade form *swon-o-.
a. swan, from Old English swan, swan, from Germanic
*swanaz, *swann-, “singer.”
b. sone, sonic, sonnet, sound; unison, from Latin sonus, a sound.
2. Basic variant form *swen-. sonant, sonata, sonorous; assonance, consonant, dissonant, resound, from Latin sonre, to sound.
(Pokorny suen- 1046.)